Combined package and toy.



F. GARDNER.

COMBINED PACKAGE AND TOY.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 22,1908.

975,227. Patented N0v.8, 1910.

[H 1 IHTH ATEN O FFICE.

FREDERICK GARDNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THERESA GARDNER, OFOAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED PACKAGE AND TOY.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK GARDNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Packages andToys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to an improved package orreceptacle,which is preferably made substantially air and moisture proofand which is provided with certain attachments or devices whereby thesame may be used as a toy or amusement novelty after the package hasbeen emptied. Its objects are to provide a hermetically sealed, germ,dust and moisture proof package of simple construction, which may beused for vending various articles, such as pop-corn, nuts, or the like,and which will furnish a novel humming device after the contents of thepackage have been removed. I accomplish these objects by means of thedevice shown in the accompanying drawing which shows a longitudinalsectional view of my improved device.

As shown in this drawing, 1 represents the body of the package, whichismade of any suitable material, preferably paper, and which isindicated as being cylindrical in shape. This body portion is providedwith a lining 2 of suitable material for rendering the packagemoisture-proof and air-tight, such, for instance, as parafiin. One endof the receptacle is provided with a cover 3 preferably made of the samematerial as the body and also lined with the moisture and air prooflining in order to form a tight closure. At the other end is a similarcover 4, which is made in a similar manner. After the material has beenplaced in the receptacle and the covers engaged with the ends of thebody portion,a label or wrapper 5 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 22, 1908.

Patented Nov. 8, 1910.

Serial No. 449,804.

pasted or secured around the body portion and extends up over theinwardly projecting flanges of the covers 3 and 4, in order to hold saidcovers in position and in order to further protect the contents bymaking the receptacle practically air-tight. A string or cord 6 extendsthrough a small hole 7 in the cover 3 and is secured on the inside ofthe cover, preferably by being passed through a holder or disk 7 andknotted so that it cannot be readily withdrawn from the cover. Thisholder 8 is preferably covered by a disk or strip of paper 9 which issecured to the inside of the cover and which will prevent air fromentering through the opening 7. At the opposite end of the string 6 is aloop 10 which is adapted to engage with the neck 11 of a handle 12.

hen the contents of the package have been removed, which is done byremoving the cover 4, leaving the cover 3 in position, the device formsa resonant humming toy which is used by engaging the loop 10 with theend of the handle 12, this handle being provided, at the engaging place,with rosin, so that when the receptacle is swung around at the end ofthe string 6, a loud humming noise will be produced.

Having thus described my invention, which I do not wish to limit to theexact arrangement or details of construction herein set forth, what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a receptaclehaving a removable cover, a string, having a loop, attached to theopposite end of the receptacle, and a handle having a resined portionfor engagement with the loop in the string.

FREDERICK GARDNER.

WVitnesses L. R. L. MARTINET, A. IV. FENSTEMAKER.

